The Pirates arrived at the All-Star Break this afternoon with a 47-43 record and, at worst, will be one game out of first place in the NL Central at the end of the day. This is what I wrote in this blog at a comparable point last season:
As for the Pirates, wow, what a road trip to lead into the All-Star Break. They now sit at 30-58, and only one game ahead of the Orioles for the worst record in baseball and the chance for the #1 pick in next year's entry draft. They are on pace to finish at 55-107. No one expected this crew to be a .500 team, but, be honest now, did you ever think that they would be THIS bad?For the remaining 78 games, they need to go....-- 51-23 to finish at .500 (OK, stop laughing now!)-- 33-41 to avoid 100 losses-- 21-53 to avoid the 112 loss season of the awful 1952 team.
As for the "second season" of 84 games that began on July 1 (see my earlier post on this), the team now stands at 3-7, thanks to that abomination of a road trip to Houston and Milwaukee.
Talk about what a difference a year makes? When he was hired, I said that if Clint Hurdle could coax 70 wins out of this team, he should be Manager of the Year, and here we stand with the Pirates in contention for the Division title.
A very long, very hard 72 games lie ahead, but I'll say right now that this season sure has been a blast so far.
Let's Go Bucs!!!
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